Postoperative Wernicke's encephalopathy.
We report the case of a patient in whom Wernicke's encephalopathy occurred after a prolonged postoperative starvation. The pathophysiology of WE and the possible differential diagnoses of neurologic disturbances occurring in the postoperative phase are reviewed and discussed.
Berlot
G
G
Dept. Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Trieste.
Nicolazzi
G
G
Dezzoni
R
R
Pagnan
L
L
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013217:Starvation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology